Film-holder.



PATENTED MAY 5, 1903.

J. BECKER.

FILM HOLDER.

APPLIOATION rum) APR. 28, 1902.

N0 MODEL.

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ATENT OFFICE.

JOHN BECKER, OF HYDEPARK, MASSACHUSETTS.

FILM-HOLDER.-

s'rncrrxcarrxon forming part of Letters Patent No. 726,843, datedMay 5, 1903.

Application filed April 28, 1902.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J OHN BECKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hydepark, in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Film-Holders, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

Users of cameras find very considerable trouble in retaining the developed films in proper condition. These films, usually of celluloid, curl up, and when examined have to be unrolled.

I have aimed to provide a holder wherein the films may be held flat and be readily ace cessible. I 7

My holder consists of a series of partiallyoverlapped blanks ofpaper or cardboard bound together along two edges, thus constituting a series of pockets open, preferably, at both ends. Each pocket may contain a plurality of films, some of said films being accessible from one and others from the other end of the pocket, and consequently from opposite sides of the holder.

Figure 1 represents one side of a holder embodying my invention in one of the best forms now known to me; Fig. 2, an opposite side view of the holder shown in Fig. 1; and Fig. 3, a section in the line a, Fig. 1.

In the production of my novel film-holder I may'take several blanks of cardboard or stifi paper,and preferably of the same shape, as at a o. a a a a a, any desired number of such blanks, and superimpose one on the other, as shown in Fig. 1, letting one edge of each blank, as the blank (1 fall short of the blank a, &c. The opposite side edges of the blank are united between a suitable binding 0, which may be either of paper or cloth. A pocket is left between the blanks a a and other pockets between the respective blanks a a a &c. These pockets at one side of the holder, as in Fig. 1, may be numbered, as from 1 to 6, and at the other side the pockets may be numbered, say 7 to 12. (See Fig. 2.) Pockets 1 and 12 are the same and 6 and 7 are the same. These pockets are filled from opposite sides of the holder with a film or films, and the face of the holders (see Fig. 1) may be lined off to show op- Serial No. 104,955. (No model.)

posite the numbers of the pockets the subject of the film.

Films inserted in the pockets will be maintained flat, and they may be readily selected when wanted and as readily inserted in the pockets.

One edge of each blank will preferably be suitably notched, as at b, to afford easier access for the thumb or finger in taking hold of a film to remove it from the pocket.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. A film-holder for holding a series of photographic films in a fiat and'distended condition, said holder comprising a series of flat blanks superimposed upon each other and meansfor connecting the side edges of all the blanks to prevent relative separation of said edges and to maintain the blanks in flat relation with respect to each other.

2. p A film-holder for holding a series of photographic films in a fiat condition, said holder comprising a plurality of flat superimposed blanks, the top and bottom edges of said fiat blanks being free or disconnected, and a binding extending along and uniting the side edges of the blanks to prevent separation thereof.

3.'A film-holder comprising a plurality of superimposed blanks, the top and bottom edges of one blank being located respectively at a distance above and below thecorresponding edges of the next adjacent blank, and a binding extending along and uniting the side edges of the blanks.

4. A film-holder comprising a plurality of superimposed blanks, the top and bottom edges of one blank being located respectively at a distance above and below the corresponding edges of the adjacent blank, and a binding rigidly joining the side edges of the blanks, the top and bottom edges of the blanks being free, whereby films may be introduced from either the top or bottom and held flat.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN BECKER.

Witnesses:

JOHN C. EDWARDS, EDITH M. STODDARD. 

